" ' twwa wrw-n-uMiwwrftre J II I LIFE ON DE3TNUCTION ISLAND. Uiimtml Thine Horn by . North I'noifla I.1rflllHOU-KrIPr. From tho Ssattlo Post-Intolllgsnoer; Tho keeper of Iho govommont light house, which WBS (MUbllshotl a fow years ngfejon Destruction island, doubt Joss lend, "a lonely life, but ho has Bomo oxpcrloncos which a lovor pf tho roraan tto nnd tho nd venturous- might woll covot. Tho Island ltsolf is jiht .wlth- 1 out n cortnin wolrtl fascination. 'Thlrty fivo inllaa voutli of Cnpo Flattery it nrlsos abruptly ffm tho faco of tho ocean. It has n picturesque, though wild and ruggod bonuty, nnd na It stands faolng tho northorn blasts that hfivo Rent moro than ono etout ship to 1 tho bottom, it calls up the namo of Islft do Dolores,- which tho early Spanish nnvlgator, Qoadra, gavo it to conimom orato hta tnWortunoa, and tho lattor namo of Destruction Island, given to it In 17S7 by Captain Berkley on account of tho ead fato of eoveral of his crow who were murdered on its savage coast. On wild flttd stormy nights, when Iho wind Is Svhlrllng tho sea Into fpjain Against tho beetling edges of tho Island, tho scene passes tho merely beautiful and becomes majestic nnd sublime.' On such nights the. keeper has visi tors that do not como to tho door of ,tho ordinary landlubber. Flocks of wild fowl,. attracted by tho bright ljght, fly blindly toward It, and, with- tho '.force of tho wind added t that of their own stout wings, thoy . are driven Against tho lens with n momentum that sometimes shatters tHtj thick glass, Lut oftcner resultB In instnnt doath to ' tho birds. Somotlmcs thcro is a posl tivo volley of blrdn against the faco of tho light, and na many as a dozen huvo been known to striko it Simultaneously. After a stormy night ty is not uncom mon for tho keeper to pick up at tho base of tho tower as many ns twenty flvo dead birds. Many of theso aro of tho choicest kinds, and tho keeper's j table soldom lacks a supply such as an eplcuro might cravo. f During tho day tho keeper is fro- ' quejitly greeted by tho thrilling sight .of a whale' hunt by Indians in tho neigh boring Abaters, a chnso as hazardous ,nnd exciting ns nny on mountain or plain. Each canoo goes out with a crow of six oarsmen, ono spoarsman in tho tern. To tho end of tho spear an nlr- tlght sealskin, Inflated llko a bladder, .is attached by a lino fifty feet long. A t 'dozen 'of these boats go out together whon a whnlo is sighted. Stealthily a slnglo boat moves out from tho llttlo flcot and approaches tho big game, tho -''oarsmen Btolcal and calm, tho spears- ,mnn erect, rigid and statuesque It is fl momont of grave peril. - A splashing oar, a nuddon move, a wnvoring hand or hot heat at tho helm, ttnd bont and crow would go down bo .aeath a slnglo stroko Jrom tho great monster now so near. At precisely tho Vlght Instant tho spcarsman hurls his spear with unerring aim, and tho bat tle begins. And then ono standing on J tho Island cliff sees tho llttlo boat dart nway and tho whnlo fiercely churning Iho water. Tho other boats como up rapidly. Woakened by loss of blocd, retarded by ,ihe air-tight skins that Moat on tho Water, and worn out by turning hither 'fond thjtjaer jn whimsical pursuit of his. .many foes, tho whale slowly gives over the unequal contest and is towed at JaBt, Jlke a great hulk of a merchant man, to Noah bay, whoro tho Indiana gather for a groat feast. i f How the Eurth oic Time. Tho explanation of Lord Kelvin's estimate that tho "sot-back" of tho ,earth In Its dally rotation round Its axis 'amounts to twenty-two seconds per con .tury, U reported to be that such retar ''datlon' is owing to tho friction caused 'by tho tide, tho lntter acting as a "'brake, and such action is calculated, ac cording to tho same authority, to bo .equal in weight to some -100,000 tons Applied on the equator. Other causes, "be cays, have also to bo takon into ac count, as, for examplo, tho Increase In iho size of tho earth, duo to the fallllng ion It of meteorlo dust, which, if dopos ited at tho rato of one foot in 4.000 years, would produce tho obsorvod ro tardatlon by itself. Further, such a phenomenon as tho annual growth nnd '-netting of snow and ico at tho poles, 'Jby abstracting water from tho other parts of tho ocean, Introduces Irregular ities' Into tho problem, tho abstraction vtcceleratlng tho earth's motion and the l pelting, by restoring tho water, rctard ' Jug it. Boston Journal of 'Commerce, Tho Only Dr k Store. An authority on such matters says ihat tliere Is only one drug storo in this country, nnd that one Is located on 'Fifth avenue, New York. No patent .medicines or proprietary artlclos aro in stock, for it Is a prescription plant iiuro apd simple, and Is patronized by the lending physicians. All tludr ana lyzing & done thero, and ten clerks are kept busy filling prescriptions. Tho "jnan who runs thlsgenulne drug storo pets abdut $25,000 a year. Somo other drug Btoras here, however, make more fthan that out of the salo of liquors 'Ulono. i 1 Will rieae Smokert. Professor Hajak of Vienna has de clared that smokers are less liable to dlphthorla and other throat dts?ase3 ''than nonstaokcrs In the ratio r oj.m to twanty-el'gjit. Tho learned Dr. S'hlff jilso gives "us to understand that smok ing Is always positively foi bidden In bacteriological laboratories, because rlt Js known to hinder the development of iho bacta la. f Flower Vitrmln.. The statistics of Bower farming tell us that the British Indies and Europe ponsjimo annually, at the vgry lowest estimate. 150,000 gallons of -perfumed jjplrlts, under various name , . I -n i Jwlepemlent County t.tiM" a Convention. Tho People's Independent eloo tora of Box Butlo county are here l)V invited to send delegates from the wvowl prooincls to racot m convention in tho court limine, nt Ileminjiford on Saturday, July 11, nt 11 o'clock n. m.., for tho pur pose of olocting six dolontos to tlnJ slato convonti(jn to bo held nt Grand Island July lv, 180G, nnd to transact such other business kb may como before it. 1'ho Boveral precincts aro enti tled to ropreBeutation ns follows, btibod on thovoto forSainuol Mx vvoll for Supremo Judge, giving unch precinct ono dclognto nt largo nnd ono for oaoli ten votos or mujor frnclion hereof. Nononroil . & EunnincWntcr iSonpni' Box Butto Alliance Liberty Snnkc Creek 0 3 2 Dorsoy Lawn Lnko Wright Boyd 5 if in TmYiiTiAi win1 ilinf innmiona bo hold in tho oovornl pvuoincts on Thursday, July Oth, at' buoIi timo and plnco as siudl be announced by tho coinmittow.ilan. Claek Olds, Chairman. AV J. BitiTToN, Soc'y. DORSEY PJKECINOT CAUCUS. The People's Indobenden Elec tors of Dorsoy precinct aro hereby requested to meet at tho court house July Oth, ut 2 p. m., for tho purpose of electing six delegates to tho county convention and trniiBnct such other business as may properly come boforo it. . Claiuc Olds, Committeeman. THE OMAHA WORLD -HERALD Udltcd by Ex-Conirromnn W. xT. BRYAN Js the greatest newspaper west of the Missouri Hiver. It advocato3 FREE SILVER at tho present ratio of si-toon to ono. ta nowa seryice i the bost to be obtained. i -- Daily, $8. 00 per yoar; 50 conts por month. Wookly, SI. 00 par yoar. Subscriptions for tha WORLD-HERALD received at this office Srwes5958j H W J '" - RfA t Ka -i A l; H J XBX lufk A : JCwntt.ar.clTiadw-MiritioM.V.nctl.aiidiHraU; cnt bnvmo-is conducted for Modckatc tecs. Jovn Ornccts. Ofpotrre U, 3. PA-reriTCrnceJ J ami we ci . secure t ;tnt I'l ks timo than Uoie , jiciuotclrt,in V,'fli,nqtcn. ,, f tt4 iottcl. diawiu. or rhoto vri'.h des'-tlri- J ttl'ic. Wo nijii-j, 1. 'le!iiajlc or nU, fue &f J Mtiurze. Ourfe'tvtusti iittt-ntiastcrI. A PAM-Mtc, "How t 0")t i n lV.T.ts,'' with ,, cost of tame In t o U. S. aal fjrci-ncountrio scut !iev. Ao Jre ., J. or "iwrowcr, vffiHiNQTrNt o C. VV-kV vfc----- .j vm "Xte W W WVfc" THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC Ot! of the Northwest. Will lie aont postpaid to any addrosa alx days a wook for ono year for The Chronlcto la tho mo3t conaplouous nowopapor buo ooas of the day, tho dally cir culation oxccecJIng 75,000 ooploa and tho Sunday circu lation oxoeodlnar 100,000 oop loa., It la a first-claas nows paperof 12 and IBpagos (Sun day 40 to 43 pagoa) and la a stanch supporter of sound domocratlo prlnclploa. . .' TERPJ3S. BUi (exccpl Sunday) 1 year $4.00 Daily and Sunday, 1 year. 6.00 Dally, 6 monthi (campaign edition).... 2.09 Dilly and Sunday, 6 months 3.00 Da'ly, 2 rnonlhJ , i.oo Dally and Sunday, 2 months 1.40 Dally, 1 monlh so i Dally and Sunday. 1 monlh 7B f Sundav.1 year , 2.00 THE CHICAGO CHroNICLE FOUR DOLLARS. i sajurday, i year.v i.QO Samplo copies froo'on appll catlpn. Addroaa THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE, j. 164-16 Washington St., w Chlopgo. Hi, : - f Fiual- Proof--fJotices How. J. V. Www. Jii.. Itojd'Ur. llox. 1?. M. JIhoomk, lUMir. l'nrtlp. linvlnffnotleminthlaoolnmn nro ro iubtil to rend tin- anio tturfnUy and report to UiU oilifle (or PorreotHin auy errorn Oint taajr nxitU TltiH will lirownt toBiblb delay In nmklliR proof. U. 8. IamX Ollleo. Alli(in. Nob., June lfl, loa. fiotieo in hereby k1vii tlmt WIIihIAM M. WADK, of LnlciiVlow, Iown, lins filed notice ol Intention in nmkfl filial proot Utforo llih lUtlntr or llo olror nt lilffotflco In Alllnnue, Neb., ou Urn unh iUy of July 1W, on tlmlmr-cultaru application No. 977, for tlio o U n o U A n H i o H-mo JJ'i, tp 2Tn,r5l w. llrt milium as witnifWMi: John J. llnmrd. Charlm A. 1'iwTar, Uidrun A. Dlckennou, of Lawn, Noh. Hnmuel li. Wilfeht, of Onion, Neb. Also, NoHco is hxrehy kWen that ( t!m follow ing, named hettlor has filed uotiro of liis inten tion tu maVA final proof In xupportrtif liiw claim at namo time and plato, viz: CllAltlii:S A. I'OSVAIt, of Lann, Neb., ono of the heir of Mathlas Pos Tar Uitawil, who nmiloll. E. 47S for tho bdH w h. tp at u, r VI w Ho names thn followlns wltnesnes to proto IJh conliniiousreelrti'neo upou ami rnltiTatlon ol Raiil land, vi: Albert I'ruupa. John 1'. llaz Ard, Gideon A. Dickenson, of Lawn, .ncIi., Bam uol il. Wriht, of ("anton, Nob. AIbo Notico is horoby Riven that CAKOUS UEliVK8, of Lawn, Neb., has filed notico o invention to iialte final proof at tamo timo nn'ti plnco on tlmlxr cultaro application wo MM, forftlio n Vt wi,o!nw!iiintUo'4 oo 4, tp 35 n, rs 5u w. Ho namos as witnoses: John .T. Lntsch, Henry Yintoiii Joint 1'. Hazard, John Lort foIkt, all ot Lawn, hob. J. V. Wnux, Jr., Itegister. U H. Land OIHcp, AUinuco, Nob., .Tnnoll, WM. Notico is horeby tjivon that WUjLIAM L. riiAl'l, of 1'airfield. Iowa, has filed notico of inteiftion to niaka linal proof before li. A. Dor riiiKlnn. O B. (. C I'om'r at Ihh oillco In C'liail ron, Neb., on tho 11th day of July, lK)6,-on tim Ixt ouitiiro appliration No. OH), for t ho B H N 11 H A N M B 13 Ki ot section No. i)J, in township S.I n, rani?o 4U w. ' Ho namo as witnenseg! Loyd Hervon Pow ell. Charles V. Minard, Thomas t' Hhyan, of Heminford, Nob , Charles W. Dorian, of Houli, Nob. J. W. Wghn, J a., lteistor. fitind Oilice at Alliance, Neb., MayliO. WM. tint Ico Is lioreliy given Unit tho following named Rettler lias tiled notice of his intention to mako final proof in support Of Ills claim and thnl said proof will bo mado bforo . B. Itickcr, County Judtfe, at Child ion, Neb., on. July 11, lboo, viz: STKl'HKN A. 6ILLUTT, ot Esther, Neb., who mmlfl It. K. No. 417, ror tho B W B W 4 & y, B 11 !i beo t, t( U2 n, re 4H w. t Ho names tho following witnesses to provo his continuous rotidenco upon and cultivation of Faid land, viz: Albion II. Maker. James 11. Kline, Commodore Willis, Hobert Flemtnj,', all of Ksthor. Neb AIbo liUNUY L. FIBHljn, ofKsther Neb., who mado II. l'lj No 3176 for tho w it n w M s o U u w U & s w J o li sec. l.tpm,rff IHw. Ho nuules tlio following witnesses ti) provo bin continuous residence upon and cultivation ot raid laud, viz: Charles A. Nichols, leuiah Mallsteiul, tjeoro Wciper, of llether, Neb., Alouto M. Clark, of Chadron, Nob. ' J. V. Weiin.ju., llecistflr. IjiiiiI OlTice at Allianco. Neb , Juno 30, 1804 Ndtico is hereby Klirnthat tho following ntmeil Rattler liasfileil notico of his intention j make Una! moot in support of bin oinim and that w.-ild protf will ho mado bofuro tho ltefiinti r or Heelver at Allianco, Neb., on August It), 1800, viz: EUOKNE A. PATTIUlBdN, wl o mado II. K. V100 for tiio nw U eoo 7, tp 29, Tl" . lie names tho followhiB vrltnesRca to proVo i tlio roiinwiiiff witnesses to prove ius residence upon and cultivaticu 3, vir: C. llJl'htpps, (!. L Wahiron, wrd, Uriek Sodurstrom, all of Drfn- ii'i com in offoiid and V.H. (iudiiril. lap, Nob. ' J. W. Wjeiw, Jn., llegister, 8 u: op runiiic land U. B. Land Oifica, Allianco, Neb., Juno 20, 1SP0. o'ico Is hi reby ivon that. In pursuance of inetr letion fr.iiu the Commissioner of tho Oen 'i si Laud OR co. under authority Tested In him W swtion 2ls."i, U S. Hovisi'd Statutes, as uminded by thouet of congress npproTed rob ri f.ry V0, lbJ.1. vo will procetxl to oiler at publio fa.ion tlio stli day ot AiiKnst, next, nt this of Uue, tha followiui; tract of land, to-ivit:- Bouth half oft ho nut fittest quarter of section twelve, (13), tounshlp twonty-Uve, (25), north of ranicoflfty.tSO), wect ot tlio sixth principal meridian, in Nebr&hka Any and all persons claiming adversely to the nbme-described lauds aro adwned to tilo their elainis in this office on orbeforotho day above designated for the commencement of said ale, QierU)n tUwziahtiwtl' lo fprfeitwl. J. VV. Wehn. J it., ilegistur. F M nnoojiE,lteceivi. TJ. 8. Land Olliee, Alliance, Neb., Juno 10. 18W5 Tho contestant will procure publication of this notico to lie mado in porno newspaper of Krinrat circulation In llox lhitto comity, Ne braska, for at least thirty days prior to tlio day of hearing. Complaint havine lioen'pntored at this oiiico byDmid Colvin a-iainat John E. Cla ton for failurn to comply with low&s to timber-culture entry No. KJJ, dated November In, 1N-H. upon tho n w 4 seo 27, tp 27 n. r SO, in nox Uutto county, Nebraska, with a view to tho cancellation of said entry, contestant aliening that John E. Clajton had not cultiated nor planted trees or tree soeda cr caused tu lo cultivated or planted to treosnor treo goods any part of said tract Binco July, la) I, and that the part cultivated prior to July IbUi is covered with weeds 'iind crass and there aro no trees crowinc ou i-aid laud. Thonid parties nrolicroby summone1 to appear at this otlico on thol'Hli day of Jnly.lb'.M, at lOo'clocira. in., to respond aud furnish tes timony concerning said alleucd fnllui. !'. M. HltooME, 11 culver. We Employ Young Men vm& i to dtstrlbnta t .M., . . . . , . .ii4.i. ...7 our advertise' ininwin .irt paymcutloranlRU trraaa Acinoi X lilcTde. wnlcu wo send tnem on approval, rio t r,ui uouoiinui uio uicyuo urn.cii aititprwos I satisfactory. ! Young Ladies "$?$ It Ivitb or nft la slddIt tber must bo well rpcom- imeiKUJ. Wrlto f or paitloulars. ACME CYCLE COnPANY, ELKHART, IND. 4 1 1 rF v ; ASSWEK TO INQUIRIES, $1.00 BEPOET ON ENTEI2S, CONTS STS, it, 53.M Procuring Und PitfntJ, riling Arguments, and Conducting Contests, on Modsrile Terms. Send for circular to HEtfRY IT. COPP, ASE58? WASHINGTON, D. C. Srrrr iittler tUonlil hit Copp't SettUli Calil 12. jjti ;trtfe only & emu (jwlge ti&mt). mmrzmmi "WetmX To My Customers: pur compotitoiB are again in tho field, trying to get our cus tomer's dissntished nnd demoralized by circulating nil kinds of wild-cut stories and nicely gotten up priuted mutter, with tho idea of making them fool thnt they linvo mado n miBtnko in not plncin their qrdor for "Tho other fellow's machine." Now, we address this upon letter to you to say that past oxpor ience, if remembered' tenches us that it is n common practice with most of them to solid out handsome printed matter, moke a. game of smooth talk and mauy fair promises, in order'to hnvoyou boliovo thoir Binchino is tlm only bno to buy. If they find you have boujrht on yoni own judgment and bought what you know to bo tho best, THE McCORMICK MACHINERY, they got after you, offering lower prices, stories of imaginary brilliant successes, etc., calculated to make you feel that you hayo bought too early. The facts in tlio caso arc that you can buy n McCormick Bindor or Mower just as cheap in January hb you can in Juno or any other month. McCormick machines nro sold at ono price at all times, they being nil mado alike and of tho same material, aro necessarily worth tho same money, henco tho company must ask all people tho same price. The price of a McCormick machine hn no moro to do with that of nny other binder or mower than it has with tho price of bicy cles. Please bear this point in mind. McCormick makes his own machines; tho other companies mako theirs. Thoy do not compare notes as to the cost of tho differ ent machines, and only do so in rolntion to tho SELLING PRICE and gungo their price by thoir ability to get orders that wo would Burely got if Uioy would put tho siime price ou their goods as wo do on ours. If their machine cost them as much monev as the McCormick does to build, they would surely ask tho same price, as thero is no compqny on earth that can build machines any clieapor or better than The McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. build theirs. If you have not bought a McCormick, you should placo your order at onco with your nearest ncent for ono of the McCormick mach ines tho best harvester and binder that McCormick over built, and a machino of which wo are all justly proud. Reports from the southern harvest fields are most flattering and encouraging, showing that tho competition only did business where wo woro SHORT OF MACHINES and couldn't -till orders. This con vinces ub and should convince you, that tho McCormick machine sells on its morits and not on price, which is guaged by productions of oth er manufacturers, and as history usually repeats itself as tho harvest moves north, it might bo well for you to place your order at once, as wo will very likely have to faco a shortage in Nebraska and elsewhere. It might strike you when you need your machine tho worst, "First como must be first served," If you have already placed your order, you should fool happy over it and pay no attention to any talk given you by a competitor with tho idea of making you dissatisfied with your purchase. Wishing ypu every success, wo remain Yours trul', W. K. HERNCALL, Agent, AND DEALER IN - General : County Treasurer's Dn. COUNTY GENERAL PUND. 1890. May 21. June 8 " 8. " H. Jan 15. Amount collected to dato.... Collected to JnnoH, 1MM " on warrants Bale of county property Am't transfd from bridge fd, 2,tl7I 00 108 N) 73 07 2 40 .TO'i 115 410 01 b60fl 3170 M42 uo. roan . " " " poor farm Juuo 8. Advertising foes collected. , " l'art Int. on county deposits 51.CS001 COUNTY HIUDGE Jan 8 By balance JuucS. amount taxes collected. 30T. cr, 200 22 605 B7 DISTRICT - Juno 8 102 21 COUNTY AND By balance to am't collected to Jun 8, Jan. 8. Junes. 102 2! COUNTY Jan 8 Juno 8 By balance am't collo'tvd to Juno 8 410 01 51 12 TuTTD ROAD DISTRICT FUND. Jan 8 Junes By halanco. ., .... 71027 . ..ut,.n,l M 1i amount collokted.. 5112 12 50 poll Ui, cash 773 b'J POLL Juno 8 To amount collected. 09950 C09 50 POOR FARM FUND. Jan 8 Tobalanco J uuoB am't taxes collected. 3'IOQ 2 UI 118 "2 GENERAL SCHOOL FUND. Jan 8 Tobalanco 8001 Jan 17 By am't dist'd to school dlsta JiiueH Interest on county deposits..., Nm 17 tate apportionment 1,013 40 1,218 55 DISTRICT SCHOOL FUND Jan 8 Tobalanco jun 17 ftlntARrioortlimmout ... 3,400 20 l,0i:4'J - - - .-..-.-T j : '. .... June8 ' taxes colUcted o,hio " error dist 40. chu' to wrong d 3 13 V.708 70 DISTRICT SCHOOL BOND Jan 8 Tobalanco...-. Juno 8 taxes collected.. CITY jau 8 To Imlanco " taxos collecUxl. pITY OF ALLIANCE Jan 8 Juno 8 To balanco. H3 37 4J5 &'J l,2i2ll OP ir3 25 SOi) 05 l,2H003''Juno 8 222 20 taxcu collected. 1,5J w VILLAGE OV Jan 8 To balance 349 Juuoa taxi-B collected 13000 140 :'J VILLAGE OF IIEMINGFORD Jan 8 Tobalanco....,! 218 13 June 8 JnnoH taxoa collected 1023 237 41 GALE OF Jan 8 Tobalanco.. 5040 STATE JunoS To amount collected 2.500 OS -j,mk) 08 SCHOOL Juno 8 To amount collected ' LAND 112 00 11253 SCHOOL LAND LEASE. JnnoS To amount collected -ggSiS.5. $ZU Juno 8. Unpaid county warrants to date, ?1,'J34. 18. State of Nebraska, 1 ss Box Butte County, J I, A. M. Millor, County Troasuror, do solemnly swear that 4ii r.v.ro'ic n trim nd fion'oct ronort of mouovs received and paid out and balances on hand from nhisive. as tlio same appears on Subscribed in my prosonco and sworn to boforo mo this av Of June 180U. JAS. H. H. HewKTT, a oi uuiiu iqjw. pnnnL Jmlrrn 16th day Merchandise. , Semi-annual Report. On. 1600. Jan. 8. Amount overdrawn 228 .T) Warrants paid fl.lll 0 llecclved on taxes 711 07 War'nts A taxes p'd, order comrs l(ii 11 Advertising fees paid out. 20 70 expenses ot stamps, etc. ( 'ommisston charged Tax refunded llalance 23 Kl 1.11 77 it as 85h9U 4,08001 Mar. 2. Juno 8. FUND. Jai. 15. Juno b. To a'rat transfd to co Ben'l f 'd oomoiiBrtionf charged balance... .TO'i M 200 22 tr05 87 HOAD FUND. By am't distributed to road dlsts, 51 12 ." to co ' fund, 51 12 llalqr.ee .' ' 102 24 HOD FUND. Jan 15 By transfor to co sen'I fund.. Juno b commission charged. ..,. i " balance 410 01 51 12 4D11J Juno 8 To am't Vald road overseer llntniij.it 4188 Ualaaco 73201 711 bO C FUND. . Juno 8 By road overseers recpts, ia!d, " credits to road diets, tush pd, " balance..... 687 00 12 50 100 50 Jan 15 Juuo 8 Am'ttianef'd to Co. gen'l fund Balvnco ,....... 86 oa 2 00 83 72 1,041 40 5o:u Jfiuo a commissions ' balance...- 118 75 1.21M 55 Juno 8 By am't paid dist. sch'l treas'r 6,257 01 " balanco ,... aVOTO ,70a 70 FUND. Juno 8 By Interest coupons raid, balanco , ... KB 00 750 20 1.25J20 ALLIANCE. June 8 By city orders paid " balanco SOS (VI 237 65 &'J02 ; 602 U0 Water bond tax. Balance 1,51188 IIEM1NGFORD. June 8 By am't paid villago treas'r 1,511 t8 94 02 4i 77 balanco KOU'J "WATER, BOND. By Balanco,', 237 41 ESTATE. Juno 8 Bybalanco TAXES. May 21 By am't paid state treasurer J""" balaece 41 50 40 2,30818 10102 2,500 08 PHINCIPAL. May 21 By am't paid etato treasurer., uuo b balance . 11200 112 00 Wfa January 8, 1800 to Juno 8, 1S015 in tho books of this oftice. A. M. MILLER. (SEAL.) County Judge. JOHN H. SURRATT. tilt Eicape from t'Mptar Whon Ue Was a I'opal Zouave. Vhothcr Surratt waa In tho city on that day will probably novcr bo posi tively known. During his trial ho at tempted to prove that ha was In El mlra, N. Y., doing epeclal service for tho Confederacy, and tho proof which he furnished was sufilclent to convlnco eight of tho twelve Jurors that he waB not present and took no part In tho plot. Surratt claims to havo first learned of the murder on tho morning following tho assassination from tlio newspapers while In Elnilra, and on tho next morning, while en route to Now York city, of his tuspected com plicity In the plot. Ho lied lmmedato ly to Canada, whero ho remained con cealed by Catholic priests for neafly Ave months. Leaving Canada, he went to England, thence to Paris, and thence to Rome, whero, under the name of Watson, he enlisted in the Zouaves of tho Pope. While in the Papal zouaves ho wa3 recognized by a Canadian ncqualnt "ance, who betrayeu him. On tho day following his arrest, while under tho guard of six men, ho leaped blindly from a rocky precipice over 100 feet In depth, and, allghtl.ig by chanco on a projecting rock thirty feet below, clam bered quickly down the abyss, escaped, reached Naplg3 In the course of a week, and sailed to Alexandria on the same vessel which carried the instructions to the consul there that led to his cap ture. He was finally brought back to the United States and tried at Wash ington by a civil court. Tho trial ex tended over a period of two months and moro than 200 citizens appeared on the stand. The Jury disagreed, as above stated, and the government did not prosecute the case further. "Four Lin coln Conspiracies," by Victor Louis Mason, In the Century. A FIGHT WITH ALLIGATOR3. Thoy Attacked n Wnterlne Train Foncht Its Driver. and J. A. Dalton, of Barton, returned lately from his tomato farm near Whlta Haven and tells a thrilling story of a battle with alligators, says the Florida Times-Union. Dalton's partner, J. B. Lovoring, drove a wagon, to which two horsas were attached, Into Lake Wln terEOt to fill Gome barrels with water. While Loverlng wan at work the horses began to scream In mortal agony and ho realized that they were bolng attacked by alllglators.r The horses plunged vio lently, but sqon fell down, their legs having been broken. When the horses fell tho 'gatorii roso and began to tear the bodies of the animals. Loverlng had ft Winchester and began firing at the 'gators, hoping to drive them away. Tho shots, however, increased the anger of the saurians, and they made a rush for the wagon and overturned It. Lov erlng, holding the rifle, fell into tho water near a big 'gator, which immedi ately made for the man. As the 'gator camo Loverlng thrust tho rifle into his mouth and fired, the bullet inflicting a mortal wound. In its death agony tho Baurlan swung its tall and knocked Lov erlng obt of the water and onto the beach, twenty faet away. At this punc ture Dalton arrived and draea Lover lng away. Assistance was procured and thohorsea and wagon pulled out. Tho horses wore dead, having been hor ribly mangled by tho 'gators. It is thought Loverlng drovo his team into a den of 'gators, Judging from the num ber that waa seen. Slonopolltlc Ilerr Ilnroni. English brewers are unanimously op posed to the protective principle and to anything that looks towards its restora tion. It Is pointed out by a Nineteenth Century contributor that theso Bame brewers aro among the greatest monop olists and the best protectod classes to bo found in any country. In the first ploce, they havo obtained a complete monopoly of the public houses, Jfor they havo bought up all the places that are legalized for tho selling of beer,-' wholecalo and retail. Tho farmer la at their mercy, for they buy his barley in the cheapest market and sell the product of it In the dearest. Not only that, they swamp him with barloy from foreign countries and with sugar for manufacturing beer, produced by nogroe3, who work for 1 shilling a day. New York World. A Cood Thine. Lord Wolscley, tho British commander-in-chief, in a public address recontly, said that he could not help thinking it wa3 a good thing for tho school childron of tho United States to be brought up in the conviction that they belonged to the greatest nation in the world, and must be ready to fight for It, and he added that he would llko to see every child in an English school taught t6 admire and lovo hl3 country and tho constitution under which ha lived, so that ho would bo preparod to maintain that constitution against all comers. Ileavenly Shopping. Mrs. Blossom "I dreamed last night I wob in Heaven." Mr. Blossom "What was it like?" Mrs. Blcpsom "An Immense dry goods store, and I didn't havo to do anything but shop. And, ob. Joe, you should have-seen tho bargain counter I Why, they had goods marked at 93 cents that would have cost a dollar here." San Francisco Call. Treasure Galore. Of all tho sovereigns of the world, - the Buah of Persia is said to possess the targest treasure in Jewels and gold or- naments, it being valued it $60,000,000. The chief object of value is the gold . crown of Persian rulers, in the form of a pot of flowers, which is surmounted by an uncut ruby the sire of a ben's egg.